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- Tue May 16, 2017 8:36 pm
- Forum: How it feels to be an Atlas Student!
- Topic: The Stairs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17209
Re: The Stairs
Henry, that's great! I once had a doctor a few years ago I saw on the 5th floor and I could take that 2 steps at a time without getting out of breath. I haven't taken on a 15 flight run. There is a football stadium near me and I've done interval runs up and down those concrete steps, and that's abou...
- Tue May 16, 2017 8:30 pm
- Forum: How it feels to be an Atlas Student!
- Topic: Any course collectors out there?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22870
Re: Any course collectors out there?
Thank you for your very interesting post, jcurc. I bought a course in May 1968 and loved it, worked out 2x/day faithfully for the 3 month duration. I made some small gains, not what I had dreamed of, but I never felt better. Since that time I have followed Atlas exercises on and off, but I never aga...
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: How it feels to be an Atlas Student!
- Topic: Follow The Course As Written
- Replies: 11
- Views: 48364
Re: Follow The Course As Written
I agree for most people, most of the time, following the course as written is best. But as a senior I no longer can do the course everyday. I try to do some of it most days and still feel good when doing so. But I go more by feel and energy level than prescribed routine. How about others?
Jim
Jim
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:18 pm
- Forum: Atlas Student Experiences
- Topic: Diet...changes and challenges?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 289136
Re: Diet...changes and challenges?
I feel best when I eat "clean" -- no junk -- and though I love sweet stuff I keep it to a minimum. Still, at 76 one of the voices in my head keeps saying, "hey, what the hell, Jim, you've been a good (food) boy all these years, why not have a sweet?" So I eat a cookie or 2 most d...
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:32 am
- Forum: Atlas Student Experiences
- Topic: select atlas exercise for people with bad RA/OA
- Replies: 4
- Views: 34732
Re: select atlas exercise for people with bad RA/OA
My wife has a problem knee (arthritis) and is very reluctant to do deep knee bends, but I convinced her to try standing sideways to the kitchen counter, partially supporting herself with one are on the counter, then doing one 1/4 knee bend to see how it felt. If it increased her pain the next day th...
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:24 am
- Forum: Atlas Student Experiences
- Topic: walking
- Replies: 21
- Views: 136821
Re: walking
I don't consider myself a hard-core walker, but I once was getting up early before any traffic (5:00) and doing DT while walking, finishing with lunge walks up a hill. Great workout, done in the a.m., shower and I'm set for the day. Kind of dropped off the regular program like this, now more alterna...
- Fri May 13, 2016 11:01 am
- Forum: Atlas Student Experiences
- Topic: HAPPY SPRING
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18337
Re: HAPPY SPRING
Yes, happy spring to all. I'm in New England and finally it's warm enough to ride my bike. This is a great supplement to the Atlas course and easier on the joints than running. As a senior I find doing parts of the course at different times of day and on different days works best now, especially sin...
- Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:27 am
- Forum: How Charles Atlas Inspires
- Topic: Realistic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 23290
Re: Realistic
I agree, Henry. Like most who enrolled in the Atlas program, I wanted to be a muscular guy like I saw in magazines. I've tried every exercise program I could get my hands on only to realize that I just wasn't genetically predisposed to great muscularity. Still, as a senior citizen I am fit and activ...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:26 pm
- Forum: How it feels to be an Atlas Student!
- Topic: Follow The Course As Written
- Replies: 11
- Views: 48364
Re: Follow The Course As Written
When I originally took the course in 1998 (!) it was clear -- do the current lessons x2 per day, a.m. and p.m. The end of the course instructions -- the Perpetual Lesson -- were to be done once a day, even splitting them up if that is preferable. The original course lessons done twice a day is inten...
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:56 pm
- Forum: Atlas Student Experiences
- Topic: Getting rid of belly fat ~ easy
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223753
Re: Getting rid of belly fat ~ easy
I don't have a belly fat problem, Henry. But I gotta say I'm impressed with your goals! How long do you think it will take you to achieve any one of them... 200 squats, say?
Jim
Jim